Franz Joseph I of Austria

Franz Joseph I of Austria (18 August 1830-21 November 1916) was the Kaiser of the Austrian Empire from 1848 to 1916. When Ferdinand I of Austria resigned in 1848 he became the new King of Austria and he fought a series of wars against France in Italy from 1859 to 1861. He was enemies with the Kingdom of France, the Mughal Empire, and Barbary States, and he was trade partners with the Russian Empire, Savoy, the Kingdom of Italy, Wurttemberg, Bavaria, the Republic of Venice, the United States, Poland-Lithuania, and the German Empire.